Nicolas Luckner

Nicolas Luckner (12 January 1722-4 January 1794) was a Marshal of France during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Nicolas Luckner was born on 12 January 1722 in Cham, Electorate of Bavaria, in the Holy Roman Empire. Originally, he served in the Bavarian, Dutch, and Hanoverian armies (he fought as a hussar commander against the Kingdom of France in the Seven Years' War), but later joined the French Army in 1763 as a Lieutenant-General. In 1784 he was made a count of Denmark. Having supported the French Revolution, he was made a Marshal of France in 1791 and was appointed as the commander of the Army of the Rhine, and was later made the commander of the Army of the North. He captured Menen and Kortrijk (Courtrai) while leading the Army of the North in battle with the Austrian Empire.

Luckner was later made he commander of the Reserve Army near Chalons-sur-Marne after the flight of Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette, and he decided to retire, with Choderlos de Laclos replacing him. He was guillotined on 4 January 1794 by the Jacobin Club for "treason" during the Reign of Terror.